Smoke-pipe holder.



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SMOKE PIPE HOLDER.

PLIUATION EILED ooT.2a,.19o7.

- 901,328. Patented 0013.20, 1908.

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UNITED sTATEs PATEivroEEroE.

GEORGEC. EHLERS, OF MILWAUKEE. WISCONSIN.

SIlIIOKE-IIPEv HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE C. EHLERS, a= citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Smoke Pipe,` Holders, of which the following is a speci-- fication. Y

My invention relates to improvements inl smoke pipe holders.

The object of my invention is to provide an adjustable chimney connection for ai smoke pipe which will permit cleaning the chimney and smoke pipe without moving the latter from its normal position, and without permitting` soot to fall along the side of the chimney during such cleaning operation.

A further object of my invention is to provide a pipe holding chimney connection which can be shifted to accommodate pipes of different lengths, thus avoiding the necessity of cutting the pipes to exact lengths.

In the following description reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which :-u

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of one wall of a chimney with my invention applied thereto, the outer sleeve being shown in section, and the inner sleeve partially broken away and illustrated in a position of dis-engagement from a smoke pipe. Fig. 2 is a front end view of the outer sleeve showing the inner sleeve in cross section. Fig. 8 is a view of the inner end of the inner sleeve.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughout the several views.

1 is a chimney wall with which a smoke pipe 2 is `to be connected to discharge into a flue 3. A sleeve 4 is secured in the chimney wall, this being provided with an inwardly projecting flange 5 at its outer or front end and inwardly projecting lugs 6 at its inner end. An inner sleeve 7 isvslidingly mounted in the sleeve 4f and at its inner end is provided with an outwardly projecting flange or collar 8 which fits the interior wall of the sleeve 4. The sleeve 7 projects through Specication of Letters Patent.

Application led. October 287 1907.

Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

Serial No. 399,467.

tions 11 on its outer surface and the fiange 5 is provided with notches 12 adapted to permit these projections to pass when in registry therewith, thus allowing a longitudinal adjustment of the sleeve 7 within the sleeve 1. The flangeor collar 8 is provided with notches 13, which are adapted to receive the projections 6, when in registry, thus permitting the insertion of sleeve 7 into sleeve er from the inner end of the latter.`

11 pass out of registry with the notches 12, thus locking sleeve 7 against longitudinal movement. Then it is desired to clean the chimney sleeve 7 is again-rotated till projections 11 register with notches 12, when it is pushed inwardly to expose the opening into the pipe and flue.

The collar 8 tends to prevent soot from passing between the sleeves, and the flange 5 prevents such as may pass between them from sifting down at the side of the chimney during the cleaning operation.

Having thus described my invent-ion what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination with a chimney provided with a smoke pipe aperture, of a fixed sleeve leading through the wall thereof to the interior smoke flue, with its respective ends terminating at the inner and outer wall surfaces, and a longitudinally adjustable sleeve therein arranged to normally project from the first mentioned sleeve outwardly from the chimney and formed to receive a smoke pipe at a point distant from the chimney, together with a cover hinged to the outer end of the outer sleeve, and adapted to close the end of the inner sleeve when the latter is in retracted position.

2. The combination with a chimney, provided with a smoke pipe aperture, of a fixed sleeve leading through the wall thereof to the interior smoke flue, with its respective ends terminating at the inner and outer wall surfaces, and a longitudinally adjustable sleeve therein, arranged to normally project from the first mentioned sleeve outwardly from the chimney and formed to receive a smoke pipe at a point distant from the chimney, the front end ofthe fixed sleeve having an inwardly projecting flange and the inner end of the movable sleeve'having an outwardly projecting flange.

3. The combination with a chimney provided with a smoke pipe aperture, of a fixed sleeve leading through the wall thereof to the interior smoke flue, with its respective ends terminating` at the inner and outer wall surfaces, and a longitudinally adjustable sleeve therein, arranged to project from the' first mentioned sleeve outwardly from the chimney and formed to receive a smoke pipe at a point distant from the chimney, the movable sleeve being provided with outwardly extending projections and the fixed sleeve having an inwardly projecting flange at its front end, recessed to permit the pasN sage of the projections when in registry therewith, together with a cover hinged to the outer end of the outer sleeve and adapted to close the end of the inner sleeve when the latter is adjusted to a position substantially within the outer sleeve.

4. The combination with a chimney, of a fixed sleeve leading through the wall thereof to the interior smoke flue, and a longitudinally adjustable sleeve therein, adapted to project from the first mentioned sleeve and formed to receive a smoke pipe at a point distant from the chimney, an annular space being formed between the said sleeves and cach sleeve having an annular flange crossing said space, the flange on ythe inner sleeve being notched and the fixed sleeve having inwardly projecting stops adapted to be received in the notches when in registry therewith.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE C. EHLERS. l/Vitnesses Lnvnnn'rr C. VHEELER, O. R. ERWIN. 

